When a person has incompatible ideas that motivate him or her to change beliefs or behavior, _____ exists.

a. cognitive dissonance
b. back-propagation
c. a neural network
d. connectionism


a. cognitive dissonance

Psychology

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MOST people show a tendency ____ when making decisions that require tradeoffs

a. to give more weight to possible losses than to possible gains b. to give more weight to possible gains than to possible losses c. to give more weight to possible losses than to certain gains d. to give more weight to probable outcomes rather than certain outcomes

Psychology

The best example of an aggressive-rejected child is

Veru, who is disliked by most children because she is so uncooperative. Theresa, who is popular but hated by many children. Greg, who is ignored by most children. Maher, who changes friends often.

Psychology

All of the following are secondary sex characteristics EXCEPT

A) body growth. B) appearance of body hair. C) changes in the voice. D) production of sperm and eggs.

Psychology

Spreading activation theory can explain ______.

A. flashbulb memory B. visual encoding C. the priming phenomenon D. acoustic codes

Psychology